chuckle with something

and chortle with something

to giggle in some manner because one is gleeful or happy. He chuckled with unsuppressed mirth at the antics of the strangely dressed people.Sally chortled with glee at the thought of Ken slipping on the ice.

I've just rung up my parents, and my mother answered the telephone-Dad was asleep on the sofa," chortled the trainer after Paul Doe had brought Gentleman Venture home a length and three-quarters in front of Champagne Rider.

That car has the fastest laps of any extra car here,'' chortled Ron Hemelgarn, who has 1996 Indy winner Buddy Lazier solidly in the field and another Dallara race car that has turned laps above 223 in practice sitting in his garage.

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